The 2024 cohorts of the French and Irish Mission Internship Programme (FIMIP) and the Netherlands Trainee Programme (NTP) were officially welcomed to the WTO on 14 March by Deputy Director-General Xiangchen Zhang. The 32 government officials from diverse developing and least-developed WTO members and observers will have the opportunity over the next ten months to enhance their expertise in various aspects of international trade and the work of the WTO.